Directory Traversal Affecting python-pip package, versions <9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.03% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-PYTHONPIP-1021158
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

CVE-2019-20916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 python-pip to version 9.0.1-2.3~ubuntu1.18.04.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-pip package and not the python-pip package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1